Word: tysons
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...reaction to the expanding probe of Tyson Foods has been swift and furious. In a prepared statement, company spokesman Archie Schaffer accused Smaltz of going "outside the scope of the independent counsel's charge" and of "taking off on a politically motivated witch-hunt." Tyson has hired Thomas Green, a top Washington white-collar defense attorney, to represent the company. Smaltz, however, says he was given the jurisdiction to look into any criminal charges arising from his original inquiry. "It's a very broad mandate," he said in an interview...
...eyewitness has corroborated Henrickson's story to TIME. Receptionists at Midcoast Aviation cannot recall any cash drop-offs. In interviews, all 11 current and former Tyson pilots who flew with Henrickson during his 15-year tenure at the company denied having any knowledge of such events. Most describe Henrickson as a bully and a "disruptive force" while he worked in the flight division. "Personally, I wouldn't put it past Joe to lie if it benefited him," says Tony Lundquist, a former Tyson pilot who now runs Wal-Mart's aviation division. A onetime protege of Henrickson's, Tyson pilot...
Last summer, despite the company's strong legal position, Brinton says she was invited for coffee by some current Tyson employees, whom she refuses to identify, who made "an implication" that if Henrickson didn't drop his lawsuit, they would step forward and testify that he transported drugs aboard Tyson airplanes. Nobody has followed through with the threat, which Henrickson reported to the FBI, even though Henrickson has appealed his case. Other Tyson pilots dismiss the drug-running charge against Henrickson as preposterous. Henrickson believes the threat was intended to scare him away from talking about the alleged deliveries...
Smaltz has served Henrickson with a subpoena to appear before a grand jury and given him a two-page letter of immunity, which protects the pilot from criminal charges and subjects him to perjury charges if he is lying. The former Tyson captain has also volunteered to take a lie-detector test. In his first conversation with TIME, Smaltz did not admit to knowing Henrickson. But when asked about the letter of immunity and presented with information that TIME had gathered, the independent counsel spoke with unusual candor. He found Henrickson's story "very interesting," he said, partly because...
...10th round. Foreman's jabs and quips were an inspiration to others approaching their Social-Security years, and they brought a desperately needed shot of Ali-style panache to the ring. Still, the potbellied champ's triumph pointed out the sorry, talentless state of the heavyweight division in the Tyson-behind-bars...